Methodology for the 2017 Australasian Law Awards

Parameters:

• The entire Australian legal services market
• Work completed and services provided within the period 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016
• Firms, lawyers, in-house departments, banks and accountancy firms based in or working predominantly in Australia
• Where the category name indicates the New Zealand legal services market

Criteria:

• Size - the financial value of the deal and the quantity of legal work involved
• Complexity - the degree to which advanced legal and financial techniques and structures have been applied to the deal
• Breadth - the degree to which the deal spanned jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries
• Innovation - the degree to which the deal involved ground breaking, original legal techniques and structure